CUTE BABY NINJA TURTLES SERIES

How did they come to choose their weapons (because I don’t like this explanation)? I could go on and on. I want to see how the young Turtles react and interact with the world and how it is they’ve come to know so much about it by the time they’re teenagers. I want to know where Raphael gets his temper from. I want to see young Donatello becoming a geek and using a computer for the first time. There’s so much potential for interesting stories at this age, like how the Turtles and Splinter acquire things like furniture, electronics, and food over time, gradually transforming their sewer lair into a home. The problem is, Toddler Turtles only appear in a couple of episodes of the 4Kids cartoon, which is a shame because this could easily be a standalone show or even a comic book series–perhaps something like Muppet Babies, except Splinter wouldn’t just be a pair of green-striped stockings (although now that I’m thinking about it, that’d be pretty entertaining). We get to see the Turtles as babies or unmutated turtles in almost every iteration of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but rarely do we get to see them as toddlers or young children. The Turtles getting into all kinds of mischief: We also get to see Splinter training the young turtle tots to be ninja:

Flashback episode “The Lesson” from the third season gives us a fun glimpse into what the Turtles’ childhoods were like as they help a young Casey Jones overcome his trouble with bullies. If “Toddler Turtles” is sounding familiar, it’s probably because there were a few episodes of the 4Kids TMNT cartoon from 2003 that introduced the concept (as well as the most adorable TMNT toys ever made).

Toddler Mutant Ninja Turtles? Just the right amount of young.

Baby Mutant Not-Yet-Ninja Turtles? Way too young.

Tweenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? Still not young enough.

Preteenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? Nope, not young enough.

But in my prequel they’d be even younger. It’s my blog and I do what I want.Īnd yes, I’m well aware that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are, in fact, teenagers, which means they’re already pretty young. I know what some of you regular readers are probably thinking right now: Naturally I chose the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

CUTE BABY NINJA TURTLES SERIES

In the spirit of Young Indiana Jones, Young Frankenstein and Young Guns, we were given the ultra fun task of coming up with a concept for a “Young” prequel or series based on an existing property. This week The League is feeling young–which I guess isn’t very surprising for a blogging group where the majority of us are over 30 and still play with toys, but that’s beside the point.

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